HOULTON, Maine — An award-winning premium micro-distilled vodka that has called Aroostook County home since its launch in 2009 will soon be moving to Brewer.

In 1928, Walter Sargent conveyed to the Brewer Community and School Improvement Association a swath of land between Wilson and State Street, under the condition that it be forever used as a “community and school playground, with a preference for high school athletics.

BREWER, Maine — There were few empty parking spots outside — or empty seats inside — the Brewer Auditorium Thursday night as 12 members of the Maine Legislature gathered as part of a panel to hear public comment on Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed biennial state budget.

BREWER, Maine — Brewer Housing Authority has issued a second request for bids to construct a new $2.5 million community center after the first round of bids were all too high, Executive Director Gordon Stitham said Monday.

Many Brewer residents know that the new Brewer Community School has an auditorium. What many don’t know — and what people in the region might not know — is just how impressive it is.

BREWER, Maine — A water main break has shut down Tuesday classes at the Brewer Community School.

BREWER, Maine — The derelict little house at 587 South Main St. that has been abandoned for several years and has numerous foreclosed tax and sewer liens may soon be up for sale.

BREWER, Maine — School officials learned nearly a decade ago that there was little chance the state would pay to replace Brewer High School, which was built in 1958, so they turned to a zero interest federal bond and last year and was awarded one for more than $5 million.

BREWER, Maine — While the restaurant space at the intersection of Wilson Street and Walton Drive remains locked up and empty, it is one of the few vacant buildings along the Wilson Street corridor in Brewer.

Sherwood Forest — a 10.5-acre parcel of forest boxed in by Little John Lane, Rotherdale Road, Canterbury Road and Locksley Lane — was designated as a park by city officials in 2005. Plans for a nature trail was presented to the city by Ken Hanscom, director of the Brewer Parks and Recreation Department, in 2006, but it was years before a clearly defined trail was created on the land.